his crew no chemicals. and his training was. the students you. just don't stand a chance. train in successful. talk to me starts october 16th d.w. . the row 80 was supposed to revolutionize the automobile it hit the market with a whole new type of engine and an innovative streamlined body it was created to save a longstanding but troubled german vehicle manufacturer but was produced only

a short 10 years maybe it was just ahead of its time today the row 80 is remembered as an automotive milestone. eric speak a man of berlin has a taste for the unusual he wears custom made shoes and drives a very extraordinary car a row 80 in the late 1960 s. it was the car of choice for doctors entrepreneurs and artists like eric. he's been driving his row 80 for some 30 years. i believe i'll just give you all the cars were fairly predictable that the b.m.w. has for example had this full length belt law and. but this one with the flats

could look completely different i knew it was because of the bank the engine doesn't because it's really small as a row 80 has very elegant contours that is it looks like a 1st car even though it isn't a body an engine form a perfect synthesis in taiz if indeed cite. the contours that seem so elegant now we're actually born of necessity in 1967 the n.s.u. mo 12 and there in southern germany had already made its name as the world's largest motorcycle maker but the market was faltering. in 1958 after a 26 year pause n.s.u. resumed automobile production with the prints a small car with basic equipment and its engine in back it was a hit with car buyers. but production was too slow n.s.u. lack the capital to invest in new facilities. under

pressure to take action the company staked everything on one idea. the newly developed dunkel engine in this you saw this as the future of automobiles now it just had to build a car for the engine one that was superior to and different from earlier in su models in every way it was to be a revolution. in the 4 minutes he was really where they were venturing into new territory and they wanted to appeal to a type of customer who had never had anything to do with an issue before but i don't think they had any real idea of the scale of all the risks involved. in this use top managers were convinced the new model would be a winner and they believed perhaps blindly that the new engine with the rotary pistons would soon be the standard for automotive technology.

its inventor was félix vanko an engineer from southern germany. the triangular rotors of his new engine rotated in one direction around the inside of an oval shaped housing the advantages over the reciprocating piston engine were fewer moving parts making it simpler and more robust and it needed fewer parts moving or not making it lighter and quieter. engineers at n.s.u. had caught wind of bungles idea the inventor was not an engineer and did not even have a driver's license but he was just what n.s.u. was looking for. when i did in the regime that. they hired fairly strong good to develop road revolves for motorcycles and us one could talk to them and they started talking about what all could be rotating out of here to expound on is quoted as saying. why should only the valves rotate homes and

couldn't we just get rid of everything that moves up and down the distance why don't we build a road repairs to the engine or to the holes. for the one time in su registry in the town of nec costume north of stuttgart. today the archive is owned by audi it contains highly confidential documents. the technical drawings on parchment paper are of the rotary piston engine n.s.u. developed together with félix bunco for volume production in the mid 1960 s. . it achieved $115.00 horsepower. it was hoped license agreements would eventually bring in 9 figure sums annually. now all they needed was a suitable body to package and market this new technology. the name had already been decided row for rotary pistons what about the 80.

in the. numbering is types and as you had arrived at type 40 and somebody. let's take a great big step forwards will double it and make it 80 others say the 80 for row 80 came from the original expectation that it would have 80 horsepower. that's what. they do in fact 8 does play a role in every connection with a row 80. it had 80 horsepower yes it weighed 800 kilograms it listed for $8000.00 marks and it took 8 leaders of gas per 100 kilometers. klaus and his use design head since 1956 was assigned to design the body. the new car had to be bigger than a ford but streamlined to save gas because the new engine consumed a lot. at the time streamlined cars were thought to be unstable.

had to find a way to improve its road holding qualities. in the wind tunnel he developed a never before seen shape for the body and progress through technology became inus use new advertising slogan. it wasn't a buddhist it's a car's underbody is curved downward names of an airplane wing is flat and slanted downward on the bottom while its arch and narrows to a point on top not one shriek understand it then creates an uplifting tube with its pseudo didn't turn it over and you have a kind of hanging and values its own that creates it down thrusting a ball and the car hugs the road better tweet and thus it was very important to this card remain stable not only through its wheels but also aerodynamically none of this. by $963.00 the 1st class to say models were complete.

soon after the 1st handmade prototypes were sent out for test drives to forests camouflaged and by night. nobody could be allowed to sneak a premature peek at n.s.u. scar of the future. even the wooden mock ups were only transported hidden in the trunk. this model long graced the stairwell in clough salute as former munich apartment one of countless mementos kept by the influential automotive designer he had also created models for b.m.w. . his wife trudie luton kept them with her. looking good. trudy lu took glances through photos of her husband who passed away in 2008 at age 76. i haven't looked at these photos for ages.

here he stands between a row 80 and a b.m.w. be in. the row 80 was klaus looters crowning achievement at 1st trudy didn't especially like it. always driven a prince 12 that was my favorite car klaus asked me if i drive a real 80 after that one he said you crazy oh you should try that thing. but because i was afraid to say it was much too big for me it was i'd always had my little princess to me the row 80 felt like a ship once i got the hang of driving it which really proud. true to passed away in 2017. her husband's best love to work the row 80 lives on in the hearts of fans. they appreciate this advanced timeless design and fine details.

the row eighty's styling influenced entire generations of cars to follow everything about it appeared straightforward and harmonious. even now row 80 drivers are impressed by its quiet and amazingly smooth ride. when the row 80 was premiered at the 967 international motor show in frankfurt the world took notice and noticed a 30000 kilometer guarantee as well. it was meant to instill confidence in the new technology. in bavaria southern germany danny marquardt keeps a collection of row a.d.'s the world's largest number in 28 pickles with more.

of. my in to list so they plead my goal is to have one from every year from 1967 to 1977 i'm only missing 2 years of my father once i've got them all on his place on. the marquardt family once had and in a suit dealership today they want a car repair shop the row 80 is still a part of their lives. anything about. romney's grandmother at lena marquardt used to run the business. she remembers the 1st row 80 to drive onto her lot in the late 1960 s. .

a child in the theaters i got my driver's license and from then on i drove a row 80 and every day in the winter and summer so my own money a row 80 in the new office if we never had any other car and my husband didn't either. then he marquardt is the 3rd generation to manage the business. his part staple for the row 80 seems inexhaustible. to get. all of. you on a small medium like this one so much the same want to be my great grandmother's living room house like cleared it out so i could store. my lawyer at morrison air. where do all these parts come from christian dies mostly from private owners for instance when a husband dies and the widow doesn't know what else to do with the parts in the cellar often others in the business could meet tips when i go and buy everything

gives. me mark parts great grandfather began collecting parts and they piled up over the past 50 years among the international community of row 80 fans denny marquardt has built a reputation as restore an estimated 1000 of the cars still exist in europe. and the owners come to danny from all over the world he's even had a customer from australia. from the very start the row 80 had problems in particular the engine was prone to breakdowns. the crux of the trouble was the rotor tip seals they were too soft to withstand the strain over long use. the allison the engine didn't turn over easily and it put out lots of smoke performance dropped because they lost compression at 1st the apex seals were made of carbon aluminum when i wore down and had to be replaced and that had to be done

after the 1st 30000 kilometers of most. of the seals weren't the only problem for decades in issue shops had only worked with motor scooters and mopeds they knew nothing about the new technology. often they couldn't even find the problem and replaced engines that were theoretically still in working order. these were dissected by the end as you plants experts. they hadn't spotted the seals weaknesses in the test phase only after the cars had been delivered to their buyers. and with the one. they wanted to find out why the engines were breaking down. he was crucial to the car's continued development. but it also resulted in the engines being replaced for even the smallest problems him of when somebody was working in the replacement engine compartment of the innocent planet explained it to me. a cauldron they'd get

engines that just needed the carburetor adjusted or the timing reset and then they could go back out as a factory overhauled engines without their having done anything to them at all without also one. or misuse of top. on short trips the vocal engines would overheat and die. in su reacted. that would take this in just for roddick we had over a dozen engines running simultaneously on the test block parata because as hard as a diamond you could cut glass with we don't want to do that we want to drive 100000 kilometers without a breakdown and now we can with the proper reserves for cold starts and city driving it's going to take you. the new material virtually eliminated the problems with the row 80 seals in vastly improve the engines life expectancy as eric speak a man can confirm. his role 80 is still running on its 1st engine which now has

400000 kilometers on it. he insists the row 80 is the most dependable car he's ever driven. you just have to watch a few points. from a dozen of his fighters so you have to remember to keep an eye on the revs and the temperature to drive it consciously like we used to and you have to listen and smell and watch the indicators then i don't see any real danger there john is kind of a fox. i wasn't the engine is used to break down just because they'd get over revved when you're driving down a steep hill and step on the gus you over rev the engine block it would run you to it into. kilometers per hour and the engine would blow apart. the engine was extremely quiet which made some drivers forget to shift. the city in needs you couldn't hear anything when you were celebrating the valves didn't start

tapping like they would on their reciprocating pristine engine who sort of the row 80 just turned faster like a turbine flies over the long haul the engine couldn't take it anymore out many were driven in slow traffic in town in the highest gear at lower r.p.m. so. outside of town the driver would step on the gas again. and then the engine would move up out of the lower reverential but you have to treat the engine right. the engine had yet another problem it was a gas guzzler consuming up to 20 liters of fuel in 100 kilometers that also drag the row 80 s reputation down the carmaker was swamped with complaints the licensees of oncle technology started having doubts the great revolution n.s.u. had staked its future on was failing. the company tried to beef up its image with the help of celebrities like german actor good who played a chief inspector on t.v.

. he had bought one of the earliest row eighty's but it's long gone today. will be let's take a 1st spin. but he still feels right at home in the car. that's going to roll 80 feet like. he. acted in a commercial for the row 80. 6 i.q. . so. you don't mind looking for a killer no just a parking spot so. the phone is not the commercial was supposed to look like a scene from his t.v. detective show business you had signed the inspectors good. tom and eric holder to make a case against the row eighty's critics. also drove a row 81 off the set if you as an old mercedes driver like the royalty. i'll just pretend i didn't hear the word old going to as far as i'm concerned it's the most

beautiful car i've ever driven this image most that day emerge elaine needed to polish their image a moose they had to prove the car had truly mature down was ready for mass production which this film was actually meant to give the sales people good selling points that they could use this for these affairs and. and feed him food as fuck and to top it off to familiar faces showed up at the end of the film what is owed to them for detective series was very well known in germany mizpah had become and everyone knew both eric holder and myself drove rowan 80 s. when the boss was only natural to include us in the films. but this time they didn't get their man the car buyer dennis hughes financial troubles piled up. the banks grew impatient. wagons showed interest in su.

the w. needed new models and had its eye on innes hughes newly developed k. 70. the midsize sedan was meant to compliment the row 80 in n.-s. used range. but the w. wasn't interested in the row 80 it wasn't profitable enough. in 1989 v.w. acquired n.s.u. and merged it with its subsidiary auto union to create what is now. was the row 80 a bad idea in the 1st place or just ahead of its time it was still a part of audi's range into the 1970 s. but the 1st oil crisis sealed the fate of the gas guzzling vanko powered car it was discontinued. might have been glacial can sound so one car maker had 2 cars around

in the same market segment the only 100 and the row 80 note for the audi 100 was a success and the road 80 was appreciated but not a success it was one of the 2 had to go for theoretically they had the option of developing the row 80 further and making it more successful than the audi 100. they didn't do that. he decided to keep working on the audi 100 and scrap the row 80. who know it. it may be this is death of fact that helped make the row 80 the automotive legend it is today like artworks whose value soars when the artist dies. just when almost all the technical glitches have been fixed it was abandoned. in 1977 after 10 years and 37400 units made production ended and with it the n.s.u. brand name is just a view it was like a star singer whose voice cracks or

a violinist whose humdrum self there was a mixture of pity and frustration that such a great car hadn't managed to sell millions and forced us on tallest in this because i think some people wondered why it didn't make it big as if you did because people didn't know any better because that will suit you i didn't even so the story of this car spectacular on the top negotiator. the last row 80 was supposed to roll straight off the assembly line into the dock just museum in berlin a prominent science and technology museum but in fact heinrich offload in western germany has it he was bitterly disappointed over the demise of his favorite car and hatched a plan. you. know this is where my parents had their chicken coop brought door down by hand and then with the neighbors help i put in this garage with the workshop. when you can't take on something like this without the right production facilities most of us know. what heinrich awful

obama needed a new garage for is now safe in his private in assume newseum next door. this snow white wrote 80 has passed its 30th birthday it has the in a few badge but at the time it was bill. the brand was long gone. off put it together himself in the mid 1980 s. using only brand new original parts. and childish and then for picking on complex thought i had already got an old factory fresh replacement engine and was on good terms with the local audi dealer. and i found out that row 80 parts were relatively plentiful one of those in charge but the key question was whether i could get my hands on a factory fresh body and the little research at the plant revealed that there really was one last factory fresh robot in the depot and i bought it. and that's

where the real problem started where was i going to get the equipment to completed the scones of. the parts list and a repair manual were about all off their back had to guide him on his project. but he was able to compare his work with his old roll 800 from 975. he stitch 17 square metres of leather together for the white rose interior. his family helped out. the money but. my 2 oldest sons were 10 or 11 years old and pitched in to help when i had to transport axel parts or i needed help in the pit. by the group of them and i also got a little gifts on a side mirror or and i should pray for my birthday or christmas. i wasn't the only one who was highly motivated to vote so the whole family was to monsey it.

mishra line to buy me a song but it isn't for me to kind wish tinkered with this car for almost 10 years today the handmade car is recognized as the last of the model a genuine row 80 as confirmed by 2 of germany's technical automotive inspect. an agency. the guns of monks off the whole staff gathered round and marvels that such a thing even existed and was there for the official inspection now and does get from the dumbed down that was confirmed when i asked for a hammer and died to stamp the chassis number in father's gold mines for. originally he didn't want to register his row 80 at all. in 1903 he changed his mind but he only takes it out of the garage when the weather is good . he's driven it only 16000 kilometers in 30 years. but it's

fans like heinrich offload who keep the memory of the row 80 a lot as such a unique and legendary car deserves.

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